Night train route
Yantar
Moscow → Kaliningrad · Russia · Belarus · Lithuania
View on the map →Wikipedia (RU) ↗Stations · 11
Running since 1964, the Yantar threads Moscow to Russia’s Baltic exclave via Minsk and Vilnius — the last corridor where Russian passenger trains still cross the EU.
Stations
- 0 kmMoscow Belorussky railway station
- 179 kmGagarin
- 242 kmVyazma
- 416 kmСмоленск-Центральный
- 534 kmOrsha-Central
- 745 kmМінск-Пасажырскі
- 822 kmМаладзечна
- 858 kmSmarhon
- 1,125 kmЧернышевское
- 1,186 kmChernyakhovsk
- 1,275 kmКалининград-Пассажирский
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16898574 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 38 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Yantar?
The Yantar runs 1,285 km from Moscow to Kaliningrad. It runs through Russia, Belarus and Lithuania.
How long does the Yantar take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~20 h for the 1,285 km. That is an average of 64 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Yantar?
RZD, with Firmenny № 29/30.
How old is the Yantar?
The line has been in service since 1964. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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